Living with technological challenges: does socioeconomic status affect people’s health?

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Results of the moderated mediation model

Variables ^a	B	SE	p	Bootstrapped 95% CI^b
Variables ^a	B	SE	p	LL^c	UL^d
Mediator variable model: TCs^e
SES^f	-0.15	0.02	< 0.001	-0.19	-0.11
Sex	-0.01	0.05	0.85	-0.10	0.08
Age	0.02	0.01	< 0.001	0.01	0.02
Edu^g	-0.33	0.05	< 0.001	-0.42	-0.23
Marr^h	-0.14	0.09	0.10	-0.31	0.03
Aloneⁱ	0.06	0.08	0.40	-0.09	0.21
CoSu^j	-0.04	0.06	0.49	-0.15	0.07
Utilize^k	0.03	0.05	0.47	-0.06	0.12
Outcome variable model: Health^l
SES	0.17	0.03	< 0.001	0.11	0.23
TCs	-0.21	0.05	< 0.001	-0.29	− 0.012
RU	-0.15	0.07	0.03	-0.29	-0.01
TCs*RU^m	0.19	0.07	0.004	0.06	0.32
Sex	0.19	0.06	0.003	0.06	0.32
Age	-0.02	0.01	< 0.001	-0.02	-0.01
Edu	-0.06	0.07	0.45	-0.20	0.09
Marr	0.01	0.13	0.92	-0.24	0.26
Alone	-0.25	0.11	0.03	-0.48	-0.04
CoSu	-0.05	0.08	0.53	-0.21	0.11
Utilize	-0.37	0.06	< 0.001	-0.49	-0.25

^aN = 1,794, ^bCI: confidence interval, ^cLL: lower limit, ^dUL: upper limit, ^eTCs: technological challenges, ^fSES: socioeconomic status, ^gEdu: educational level, ^hMarr: marital status, ⁱAlone: living alone, ^jCoSu: commercial insurance, ^kUtilize: healthcare policy utilization in the past 12 months, ^lHealth: self-rated health condition,^mRU: rural–urban

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